NON-THERAPEUTIC MODIFICATION AND SELF-INTEREST: REPLY TO SCHRAMME

Author: CURTIS, BENJAMIN L.

Source: Bioethics, Volume 22, Number 8, October 2008 , pp. 455-456(2)

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Abstract:

In this article I reply to Thomas Schramme's argument that there are no good reasons for the prohibition of severe forms of voluntary non-therapeutic body modification. I argue that on paternalistic assumptions there is, in fact, a perfectly good reason.

Keywords: body modification; paternalism; self interest; well-being

Document Type: Letter to the Editor

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8519.2008.00668.x

Publication date: 2008-10-01